BELLE PLAINE: Ronald Franklin Smith, age 99, died Friday morning, November 23, 2007 at the Belle Plaine Nursing and Rehab Center in Belle Plaine following an extended illness.
     Public Graveside Services will be held at 2 PM., Saturday, November 24, 2007  at Oak Hill Cemetery in Belle Plaine with  Rev. David Crow officiating.  Phillips Funeral Home in Blairstown is in charge of arrangements.
     Ronald was born November 17, 1908 in Belle Plaine to Franklin and Edna (Bran) Smith.
     He is survived by his half-brother, William Ridley of Leighton.